| Date & Time: | Monday, May 18, 2009
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The Paradigm Café and Moonwise Herbs Women’s Film Series presents
A Sense of Wonder : A Documentary Style Film based On The Life of Pioneering Environmentalist Rachel Carson
When? Monday May 18, 2009 7pm (Doors will open at 6pm for refreshments and early seating)
Where? Paradigm Café 1022 Michigan Ave Sheboygan, WI 53081
To view the trailer for this film see: www.asenseofwonderfilm.com/
"If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life." Rachel Carson
National Women’s History Project honored Rachel Carson as part of women’s history month in March. She was honored as one of the women who took the lead to save our planet. Parallel to her recognition a documentary style film depicting her life long journey, A Sense of Wonder was released. This film will be shown as part of a 100 city tour in Sheboygan, WI at the Paradigm Café 1022 Michigan Ave Sheboygan, WI 53081 on May 18, 2009 at 7pm. The café will be open at 6pm for refreshments and food prior to the screening.
In This film A Sense of Wonder, using many of Miss Carson's own words, Kaiulani Lee embodies this extraordinary woman in a documentary style film, which depicts Carson in the final year of her life. Struggling with cancer, Carson recounts with both humor and anger the attacks by the chemical industry, the government, and the press as she focuses her limited energy to get her message to Congress and the American people. The film is an intimate and poignant reflection of Carson's life as she emerges as America's most successful advocate for the natural world. A Sense of Wonder was shot in HD by Oscar-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler at Carson's cottage on the coast of Maine.
An important figure in our modern history: Who was Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson has been called the "patron saint" of the modern environmental movement. The Atlantic has listed her as one of the 40 most influential figures in American history. Praising Carson and her work, Al Gore wrote that, “without [Silent Spring by Rachel Carson], the environmental movement might have been long delayed or never developed at all.” As a scientist, a writer, and a woman, Rachel Carson has inspired generations. As an activist she fought governmental negligence and unbridled corporate interest. Through her scientific integrity and elegant prose she became one of the 20th centuries most prescient scientific authors. And as an individual she battled economic adversity, family tragedy, and gender stereotyping. Carson reminds us that we each have not only the ability to make a creative difference in this world—we have the responsibility to do so.
When pioneering environmentalist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring in 1962, the backlash from her critics thrust her into the center of a political maelstrom. Despite her love of privacy, Carson’s convictions and her foresight regarding the risks posed by chemical pesticides forced her into a very public and controversial role.
To learn more about Rachel Carson see www.rachelcarson.org/
A Sense of Wonder : A Documentary Style Film based On The Life of Pioneering Environmentalist Rachel Carson
When? Monday May 18, 2009 7pm (Doors will open at 6pm for refreshments and early seating)
Where? Paradigm Café 1022 Michigan Ave Sheboygan, WI 53081
To view the trailer for this film see: www.asenseofwonderfilm.com/
"If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life." Rachel Carson
National Women’s History Project honored Rachel Carson as part of women’s history month in March. She was honored as one of the women who took the lead to save our planet. Parallel to her recognition a documentary style film depicting her life long journey, A Sense of Wonder was released. This film will be shown as part of a 100 city tour in Sheboygan, WI at the Paradigm Café 1022 Michigan Ave Sheboygan, WI 53081 on May 18, 2009 at 7pm. The café will be open at 6pm for refreshments and food prior to the screening.
In This film A Sense of Wonder, using many of Miss Carson's own words, Kaiulani Lee embodies this extraordinary woman in a documentary style film, which depicts Carson in the final year of her life. Struggling with cancer, Carson recounts with both humor and anger the attacks by the chemical industry, the government, and the press as she focuses her limited energy to get her message to Congress and the American people. The film is an intimate and poignant reflection of Carson's life as she emerges as America's most successful advocate for the natural world. A Sense of Wonder was shot in HD by Oscar-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler at Carson's cottage on the coast of Maine.
An important figure in our modern history: Who was Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson has been called the "patron saint" of the modern environmental movement. The Atlantic has listed her as one of the 40 most influential figures in American history. Praising Carson and her work, Al Gore wrote that, “without [Silent Spring by Rachel Carson], the environmental movement might have been long delayed or never developed at all.” As a scientist, a writer, and a woman, Rachel Carson has inspired generations. As an activist she fought governmental negligence and unbridled corporate interest. Through her scientific integrity and elegant prose she became one of the 20th centuries most prescient scientific authors. And as an individual she battled economic adversity, family tragedy, and gender stereotyping. Carson reminds us that we each have not only the ability to make a creative difference in this world—we have the responsibility to do so.
When pioneering environmentalist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring in 1962, the backlash from her critics thrust her into the center of a political maelstrom. Despite her love of privacy, Carson’s convictions and her foresight regarding the risks posed by chemical pesticides forced her into a very public and controversial role.
To learn more about Rachel Carson see www.rachelcarson.org/
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